Chapter 30: The Decision to Accept Disciples
In the West, the relationship between master and disciple is what is commonly referred to as the relationship between master and apprentice, and although it does not sound as intimate as the Eastern word, the relationship between them is still real.
The same teacher, when teaching his own apprentices, will obviously be more biased, and will leave more and better things for his apprentices, and these things are things that ordinary students can't learn at all.
Neville never thought that he would be so highly regarded by Li Qingzhu, and he felt that being able to become one of Li Qingzhu's students was already a very good result.
Now Li Qingzhu suddenly told him that he wanted to accept him as his apprentice, which was like a bombshell, and Neville couldn't come back to his senses at all.
Seeing that Neville in front of him just looked at himself with wide eyes but didn't speak, Li Qingzhu understood that he was still in a state of diode short circuit at this time.
"Neville, do you think I'm not suitable for this by not talking?"
Li Qingzhu had the intention to tease him, so he looked at Neville with regret and said.
Neville listened to Li Qingzhu's words, and nodded busily: "No, no, no, it's too suitable!" I mean, I never dreamed of being your apprentice, professor. β
Li Qingzhu looked at Neville's appearance that he was afraid that he would not accept him, and couldn't help but smile: "No, Neville, I said, you are even better than you imagined, you have a condition to become a strong person, but you didn't find it yourself." β
Neville looked at Li Qingzhu with emotion, he felt that Li Qingzhu was a bright light on his life path, since he came to Hogwarts. The best one for him is Li Qingzhu.
"But I'll put it up front of me, Neville, my magic skills aren't high. As my apprentice, you can only learn martial arts from me, you have to think clearly. β
Li Qingzhu reminded Neville seriously that he didn't want Neville to have too many expectations in him.
Neville said timidly, "Professor Li, I don't really want to learn much, I think it's already an honor to be your apprentice. β
This honest kid is really cute sometimes. Especially the pair of rabbit teeth of this silly boy, it looks really stupid.
However, who called this guy so similar to Li Qingzhu when he was young?
To be exact. It is Neville's talent that is somewhat similar to Li Qingzhu when he studied art in the New Shaolin Five Ancestors Realm, whether it is talent or physical bones, they are somewhat similar.
That day, Li Qingzhu felt that Neville's back was a little familiar, and he recalled it afterwards. Li Qingzhu found out. Isn't this exactly what I looked like when I studied art in Shaolin Temple?
Coupled with Neville's good heart and good at leg skills, Li Qingzhu moved his mind to accept apprentices.
"My words have been made clear, since you have agreed, then I will make a formal ceremony another day, our Eastern disciples are a little different from your Western ones, we attach more importance to this, I will notify other professors to also participate in this ceremony. Basically, after this ceremony, the fact that you are my Li Qingzhu's disciple will be known to all Hogwarts. β
Li Qingzhu reached out and touched Neville's head. Said with a kind face, and Neville is face was flushed, he was not shy, but excited, he didn't expect Li Qingzhu to make this apprenticeship ceremony so big.
He was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.
"Professor Li, do you really want to accept me as an apprentice in front of the whole school?"
Li Qingzhu didn't answer Neville's question directly, but said with a smile: "Silly boy, do you still call me Professor Li?" Shouldn't you change your mind? β
Neville was stunned for a moment, then stammered, "Master! οΌmasterοΌβ
Li Qingzhu frowned after hearing this, stretched out his hand and scratched his chin and said, "I don't really like this title, we will call it 'Master' in the East, follow me to pronounce it, 'Master'." β
Neville awkwardly followed Li Qingzhu to learn the master's Chinese pronunciation, but the master's character was pronounced relatively standardly, that is, the father's character sounded very strange.
"Look at me, the upper teeth gently bite the lower lip, and then the air is pressed out of the breath, 'Father'"
Li Qingzhuzai carefully taught Neville, and after a while, Neville was finally able to call out the two words of master in Chinese.
Li Qingzhu looked very happy, he smiled and said: "Yes, I learn very quickly, I will be called Master in the future, do you know the Tao?" β
"Yes, Master."
Neville replied with a smirk.
"Okay, that's it for today, you and Harry practice first, I'll go back and plan the apprenticeship ceremony, I'll let you know when the time comes, before that, remember to keep it secret."
Li Qingzhu said to Neville with a mysterious face, and Neville hurriedly nodded, "Hmm! I won't tell you that, Master, even Harry and they won't tell. β
"Well, good boy."
Li Qingzhu smiled with satisfaction, then turned around and left the place, letting Harry and the others practice on their own until the end of class.
Speaking of which, Li Qingzhu should be the most laid-back of all the professors, because his classes are basically free-range.
βwhatοΌοΌ You're going to take Willlong Bottom as an apprentice?! β
The first professor to know the news was naturally Professor Flitwick, a friend of Li Qingzhu, who was obviously very surprised when he heard the news.
He didn't have a bad impression of Neville, but the slow-moving, cowardly kid wasn't in his mind for an apprentice, at least not in his Charms class.
Seeing his reaction, Li Qingzhu couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't look down on Neville so much, in fact, as far as martial arts classes are concerned, he is still very talented." β
Flitwick shook his head helplessly, looked at Li Qingzhu and said, "Okay, then take a step back and say, why don't you accept Draco as an apprentice?" You must know that Lu Dao Laco's talent is also good, and his family is better, which will also be beneficial to your future development in the wizarding world. β
"Draco is still confused, and I don't plan to take him until he has completely found his own heart."
Li Qingzhu said to Flitwick seriously,
"And do you think I'm the kind of person who takes apprentices for the sake of my family? Besides, the Longbottoms are no worse than the Malfoys. β
Seeing Li Qingzhu's serious eyes, Flitwick hurriedly raised his hands and smiled: "OK, OK, I just want to know what you really think, but I really didn't expect you to really plan to accept Draco Malfoy as an apprentice?" β
"Of course, Draco has a very good talent, he is smart, and his nature is not bad, why should I not accept him? It's just that the time hasn't come now. β
Li Qingzhu said as a matter of course, he was not like Harry and they had prejudices against Draco, for him, Draco's current performance was at most a bit of a bear child, as long as he was properly educated, he could be corrected.
He was concerned with something else now.
"Professor Flitwick, you have to help me invite some professors to come and watch the ceremony, we in the East attach great importance to the ceremony of accepting disciples."
Professor Flitwick's connections are incomparable to Li Qingzhu, he has only been here for less than a semester, and there are only a few professors he knows, and he can even count them on one hand, so that's too cold, right?
Professor Flitwick laughed and said, "You remembered me at this time?" Well, for your sake and the wine, I'll put you in touch with a few professors, but you'd better get Albus to agree to it, or I'm not sure anything will happen at your induction ceremony. β
"Of course, he's the principal, he should be informed, otherwise where will I go?"
Li Qingzhu smiled very treacherously, it turned out that in his heart, Dumbledore's status was just a groundskeeper.
"I'm afraid that after this time, Longbottom will be completely famous, listen, in the future, his identity will be Professor Li's apprentice who can kill trolls with his bare hands, what a face."
Professor Flitwick said to Li Qingzhu funny, but Li Qingzhu shrugged his shoulders and said: "Compared to this, I hope he can be low-key and spend his time on cultivation instead of showing off, of course, I also believe that this kid can do this, he is too honest." β
Professor Flitwick was convinced of Neville's honesty, and he swore he had never seen such an honest child that he was often bullied and did not dare to resist. (To be continued......)